Firefighter Who Filed for Workers Comp. Caught Moonlighting as MMA Fighter Named ‘The Noodle’
- Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:40pm by
Mytheos Holt
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Lying to get off work has long been a problem that has dogged employers. But perhaps no one has so fantastically bungled the deception than firefighter Rafael Davis, who apparently was using the pretext of work-disabling ailments to moonlight as a mixed martial arts fighter known as the “The Noodle” and fight in tournaments.
LA Weekly has the bizarre story in full:
Prosecutors say that laid-up L.A. city firefighter Rafael Davis was caught moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter, under the name “The Noodle:”
The 35-year-old was arrested at his Lomita home at 9 a.m. this morning on suspicion of insurance fraud, according to a statement from the L.A. County District Attorney’s office.[...]
Prosecutors contend that the Los Angeles Fire Department employee filed for workers compensation insurance between Dec. 2, 2008, to May 20, 2011, even as he fought in MMA bouts.
The consequences for “The Noodle” may be more dire than simple firing, however. Because he filed falsely for workers’ compensation insurance, he’s now being held on four counts of insurance fraud, with no less than $30,000 bail. Not exactly the kind of price tag he’ll be able to prize fight his way out of.
In Davis’ defense, he at least was good at mixed martial arts. His record on prize-fighting websites shows him winning 12 fights and only losing 2, suggesting that perhaps he had the wrong career all along. You can even watch him take on an opponent in this video:
During his alleged period of being “incapacitated,” Davis participated in no less than seven fights. He won all of them. If this is incapacitation, he should hope he‘s that incapacitated when he’s in jail.
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Comments (58)
SquidVetOhio
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:35amI can’t get past “The Noodle”. What kind of stupid name is that for a MMA fighter? “Ohhhh, watch out for The Noodle! Especially if his buddies, “Chicken” and the fighter formerly known as “&” is with him.” He should go to jail just for that ridiculous name.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:58amhe needs to put a hoodie over his noodle, then he will get all manner of protection. The black panthers may even make death threats against his opponents
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:14pmHe wasn’t using his noodle.
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:52pmThis kind of fraud goes on in millions of food stamp homes all over the country…so what is so different about this story??? We workers eat hamburger helper and chuck roast…..and food stamp recipients eat shrimp and crab legs and steaks. It’s no different than what this knucklehead was doing with workmens compensation. Half the country gets paid for working….the other half of the country gets paid for not working. This story is not one bit different. Liars and cheaters and losers are everywhere. Why do we have to give food stamps to a woman or man that weighs 300 something pounds? Haven’t they had enough to eat? We reward the welfare family with more free stuff….every time they pop out another kid. They can’t pay for the hospital and doctor bills for the childbirth…..they can’t pay for the new kids food or diapers or shelter…..and so we…..the half that work…..pay for yet another welfare receiving infant….one probably doomed to the same free loading lifestyle that mommy and the baby daddy muddle through every single day and night and month and year and decade…..it just never stops. The “benefits” never stop. I gave up long ago….those of us who work….have been duped like a bunch of stooges.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:41pmOne of the last events this thief participated in was dubbed the “Strength and Honor” Championship.
Report Post »Yep. Way to give us a hero, Costa Mesa. He’s all class.
sjohn70037
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:03amYet another union pos.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:46amYep, and the UNION will defend him and demand he be rehired. The Union Hacks (Bosses) don‘t care that he defrauded the Workman’s Comp. system all they want is to use their political power and manipulate their political cronies.
SAD!!!!
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:15pmThanks to this jerk. they rest of us honest fire fighters look guilty.
Report Post »Xyskalla
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:31pmIf he’s guilty, he deserves prison. But I’d like more information before rushing to judgment (it’s unfair for anybody to be tried in the media, not just the people we like or agree with). What was the nature of his workers’ comp claim? It’s an important question, because on some safety-related jobs, the medication you’re taking could medically disqualify you from working even if you could bench press a semi. I don’t know about firefighters, but my job is this way.
Report Post »BobtheMoronsp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:00amCome on, guys. It‘s just another Californian doing what he’s been taught from the day he was born. I don’t see why you are so upset. The government and insurance companies have plenty of money and he’s just trying to get his share. When he goes to jail he might be eligible for some of Obama’s stash. And worst case he gets a free gym, three hots and a cot for a couple of years. It’s all good, Homes.
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:10amPeople in LA deserve the mess they have created with their voting record.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:24amFirefighter union will defend him
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:38amIt is all going to come down to race. If he is a white hispanic, then he is guilty. If he is black, or just regular hispanic, then it is the fault of the employer and the government.
Report Post »OleCrusty
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:18amFraud!
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:22amYep and he needs to be fired.
Report Post »IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:04amWe get what we pay for. We want workers protected against the employers we get judges who are activist who side with the ‘poor injured worker” who can’t work but can dance, run, fight, climb, carry, shovel, swing, pound, raise up, craw, drive, fish, bowl, play tennis, ball and all of the other things that are fun and useful, just can’t do these things on the job. These low-life misfits who are most UNION sheeples who look always to your pocket and never to their own! True Democrats!
Report Post »PowerPedlar
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:00amHolder will rescue him from the obviously racist people accusing him.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:51amThe noodle needs to go to the rock.
Report Post »Atilla
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25amSimiliar to a Boston firefighter that was caught doing a body building contest while being out with a “bad back.” Maybe not a typical public union hack but the examples are many more than meet the public eye.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25amthis is a problem through out the whole system I know many many people that are collecting disability that can work, instead of collecting SSI when they turned 62 they claimed an injury and bam they are on disability instead and yet people blame the baby boomers that put 30 + years into the system I think not
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:17amSocial Security Disability is nothing more than the welfare lottery. This “safety net” is rife with frauds.
Report Post »dpro347
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:15amJail him!! Send a message to all cheats.
Report Post »mtonepa
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:05amMore like “Mr Noodle” from Elmo
Report Post »brntout
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:08amObviously wasn’t using his “noodle”.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:51amDoes anyone remember “The Noodle” from Bugs Bunny?
Report Post »brntout
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06amYep,I do,was a stand up(right) kind of guy.More spine than any politician on record.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:26amHa, that one is obvious. It was a mental disease. He is obviously suffering from Acute Masochisim. Have you seen what these guys do to each other?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:55amHe’s clearly lost his noodles….
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:14amDon’t judge this man, it could be worse: He could be a porn star called ‘the noodle’.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:59pmEntitlement mentality & morally corrupt = criminal —–> PRISON!
Report Post »manuelbetten
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:12amSorry, but Prison is a socalist response, in my world Work Camp! let him work off the money he owes and when paid up he could go free.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:34pmwait, when you fight fires you use diff—-no thats not what I ment to say
Report Post »when you fight in a ring you use diff———- no I didn’t grt right
when you fight in a ring or a fire you use diff——– oh to he!! with it
cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:20pmnot only should the noodle go to jail but the union lawyer the doctor who signed off on his so called injurys ..these people should all go to jail and maybe the next criminal who decides to sue the taxpayers will use his or her noodle…
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:05pmI wonder how the other fire fighters feel about it?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:00amThey’ll call the fire hoses “noodles” from now on…. and collect their pensions.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:32amThey go to the fights and cheer him on. Laughing, joking, drinking beer. “This is great, check out Noodle you guys!!!!HA HA HA HA HA….” They know all about it.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:01pmCook his noodle! Then feed it to Debbie Wasserman Shultz…
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:37pmech…
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:21amRat Noodle Soup. Yummy.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:55pmCue the union and dirtbag lawyer:
Report Post »- Fighting men is easier than fighting fires?
- Maybe he presents with dissociative identity disorder?
- Racists!!!
Every match he fought while engaging in fraud should be erased from his record and any complicit parties should also be prosecuted.
Teabunny
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:53pmepic oops!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:49pmArrest for fraud and throw away the key … make an example .. these “public servants” seem to have a pattern here.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:45pmOops.
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